Immediately after the end of the quarter-final match between MU and Liverpool, the semi-final draw took place and luck smiled on the Red Devils of Manchester as they only had to face Coventry while defending champion Man City fought Chelsea. .
After 120 tense and dramatic minutes, MU surpassed Liverpool with a score of 4-3 with the winning goal in the 120th minute from midfielder Amad Diallo. This victory helps the Red Devils of Manchester reach the semi-finals for the second consecutive season. And in the semi-final draw ceremony that took place not long after, the lucky draw brought good omen to MU.
Accordingly, coach Erik ten Hag’s team will face the dark horse Coventry. The English first-class team had a fairly favorable schedule from the first rounds before bringing a match as crazy as the MU vs Liverpool match, overcoming host Wolves with a score of 3-2 in the fourth round. ended thanks to goals in the 7th and 10th minutes of injury time.
In the remaining match, defending champion Man City – the team that recently set a record of becoming the first team in history to have 6 consecutive seasons in the FA Cup semi-finals – will face Chelsea. In the quarter-finals, Man City had an easy victory over Newcastle while Chelsea had to struggle to win 4-2 against Leicester with only 10 people on the field thanks to two goals in injury time.
According to the schedule, both semi-finals will take place at Wembley. The first semi-final between MU and Coventry will take place on April 20 and the match between Man City and Chelsea will take place one day later. With the current draw results, fans are eagerly waiting for the rematch between the two Manchester teams, who also met in the FA Cup final last season with the championship going to the blue half.
Defeating Liverpool at Old Trafford, MU affirmed its strength over 100 years
MU just had an emotional victory over Liverpool, thereby achieving a record-breaking distance with their great rival in the FA Cup.
Manchester United ended Liverpool’s quadruple hopes with an emotional 4-3 extra-time victory at Old Trafford in the FA Cup, thanks to Amad Diallo’s 120th-minute winner.
Manchester United have come back twice against Liverpool in the FA Cup with a score of 4-3 at Old Trafford. In more than 100 years, MU has not lost to Liverpool at home. This is an admirable achievement for the Red Devils with their biggest rival in England.
It can be said that this was a good match for Ten Hag and his team. Scott McTominay gave Man United an early lead. However, Mu then fell down and let Liverpool turn the situation around before the first half ended thanks to goals from Alexis Mac Allister and Mohamed Salah. It seemed that with those two goals, Liverpool had boldly advanced to the semi-finals, but Antony shined with a late equalizer.
Marcus Rashford should have decided the match with his last shot, but the England striker narrowly missed the goal.
After many missed opportunities from the red strikers, Harvey Elliott spoke up to punish and put Liverpool ahead in extra time.
But Rashford corrected his mistakes and had a beautiful finish into the bottom corner to increase the score to 3-3, before Amad became the hero.
